546 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



84. Statement of the foreign trade in marine shells during the twenty-six years ending 



in IS 04. 



Imports of shells by countries. — Of the $043,349 worth, of shells entered 

 at United States custom-houses during the year ending June 30, 1894, 

 $291,091, or 45 per cent, came from England; $224,757, or 35 per cent, 

 from French Oceanica; $44,822, or 7 per cent, from Colombia; and 

 $28,473 from Mexico. The inhabitants of some of the Pacific islands 

 depend almost entirely on their export of marine shells. 



The subjoined compilation shows in detail the value of the unmanu- 

 factured shells, other than mother-of-pearl, imported from each foreign 

 country during the four years ending in 1894. The customs returns do 

 not indicate the origin of the shells imported previous to 1891 : 



85. Statement by countries of the value of unmanufactured shells, other than mother-of-pearl, 

 imported into the United States during each of the four years ending JuneSO, 1894. 



Countries from which imported. 



Europe : 

 Austria-Hungary . 



England .'.. 



Erance 



Germany 



Italy 



Netherlands 



Total Europe- 



North America: 



Mexico 



Central American States- 

 Costa Rica 



Honduras 



Nicaragua 



$3,616 



274,316 



8,280 



12,810 



2 



5,604 



304, 628 



$7. 724 



622, 502 



34, 243 



19, 604 



148 



4,107 



688, 328 



5,819 



46, 286 

 1,578 



$9, 281 



814,036 



50, 176 



29, 012 



311 



8.585 



912, 001 



1,084 



613 



1,519 



$3, 260 



291, 691 



12, 125 



244 



54 



3,257 



310, 631 



28, 473 



1,214 



172 



1,605 



